RVS guides and resources

Guide to developing a Model Report for SEVs vehicles

  This guide explains how to develop a Model Report for a registered automotive workshop (RAW) to use when modifying a vehicle on the Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles (SEVs) Register.

Guide to specialist and enthusiast vehicles

  To meet demand for specialist and enthusiast road vehicles more effectively, the Road Vehicle Standards (RVS) legislation has updated eligibility criteria for entry on the Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles Register (SEVs Register). This guide includes information on:

RVCS & RAWS guide: How to log in and link an account

This user guide shows you how to log in and link one or more RVCS or RAWS approval accounts to your user account (profile) on the RVCS and RAWS Search site, which contains historic information on vehicle approvals and component registrations issued

Questions answered during RVSA Industry Webinar #33 Thursday 27 June 2024

Assessment timeframes quarterly report – Issue 2

This is the second edition of the report and provides statistics on assessment timeframes for applications made under the Road Vehicle Standards legislation and decided between 1 April and 30 June 2024.

Guide to component type approvals—Appendix 4—What you can and cannot apply to vary

Appendix 4 lists the approval details and the rationale for why you can or cannot vary them. Where you can vary approval details, it describes the information you need to include in a variation application.

Supplier’s guide to vehicle recall not-reporting status

This document provides an overview of not-reporting status for voluntary road vehicle and road vehicle component recalls

Questions answered during RVSA Industry Webinar #32 Thursday 30 May 2024

ROVER template: Bus chassis sub-assembly data sheet

Use this template to create a bus chassis sub-assembly data sheet. Once you have added the required information into this template, select the ‘Save as PDF’ button, then upload the .pdf file to your application for a component type approval in ROVER.

ROVER video: ROVER Portal Rebuild demonstration

Watch this video on the rebuilt ROVER portal. It will look similar but include some design changes that should improve the user experience. It will generally be easier to add, edit and update information within an application using mini-forms.